Chile Pages
GABO: THE CREATION OF GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
The simple facts of Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez’s extraordinary life make for an engaging enough documentary, from his roots in the village of Aracataca — which he would later use as the basis for the town of Macondo in
One Hundred Years of Solitude — to his career as a journalist, his friendship with Fidel Castro, and his infamous rivalry with Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. The film tells these stories through extensive interviews with the Nobel Prize winner’s contemporaries, admirers, scholars, and family members, some reading snippets of his works, including (somewhat incongruously) Bill Clinton. But considering García Márquez’s status as the father of magical realism, it’s too bad this biographical portrait isn’t presented in a more imaginative style. Not rated. 90 minutes. In Spanish with English subtitles. The Screen. (Molly Boyle)
THE PASSIONATE THIEF
Mario Monicelli’s 1960 comedy, which pokes fun at the entertainment industry and mildly spoofs La Dolce Vita, arrives in Santa Fe in a newly restored print. Anna Magnani plays a struggling actress who gets involved in some petty crime and significant debauchery with an ex-boyfriend (Totò) and a pickpocket (Ben Gazzara) across several parties on New Year’s Eve. Not rated. 106 minutes. In Italian with subtitles. Center for Contemporary Arts. (Not reviewed)